Sony DELUX PRO 18 FLAT PANEL LCD (BLACK) 1280 X 1024 0.2805MM PIXL

I bought my first flat panels in 1999, when the Vi ...

Strengths: Large, about as BIG as you need, priced right nowadays. VERY bright and sharp.

Weaknesses: None

Summary: I bought my first flat panels in 1999, when the Viewsonic 14.5 cost us $700. Recently, looked at all the LCD monitors out their. Mostly relied on professional reviews. I liked the Sony specs, dual hookups [digital and analog], and 3 year warranty.

I attached this monitor to my 1.5GHZ XP desktop with latest and best ATI Radeon Pro video card [9700?].

I quickly hooked up the digital cable to the PC. Monitor fired up. It automatically adjusted itself [a cool feature]. I was up and running in 5 minutes from opening box to viewing.

I got this monitor because I felt its 1280 x 1024 max resolution was fine for me. Realistically, unless you are doing AutoCad, etc., a finer resolution is not needed.

I also noted that the refresh rate at max resolution was 75Hz. That was good.

I liked the monitor's SUPER BRIGHT feature. In a dark room with this monitor on you can light up your entire work area. This feature makes for an outstanding and crisp graphics. You have to actually see this monitor next to others to appreciate just how bright and big the graphics are.

As a test, I played Battlefield 1942, a 3d graphics intensive game. The game requires fast frame rate capability, and if used, a capable LCD monitor. There was no "ghosting" meaning there were no shadows or what I call "double vision" on the screen.

I also played a DVD movie and it was clearer than my Sony Wega TV!

I paid $670 new for it. A good value in my book.

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I was looking for higher resolution 1600x1200, but ...

Strengths: Superb image, slick design

Weaknesses: None so far

Summary: I was looking for higher resolution 1600x1200, but the reviews of affordable flat screen with higher resolution were not good. I am happy I made this choice. The screen worked perfectly immediately out of the box. The connections are nicely tied in the back and overall the design is superb. I was happily surprised to find 3 selectable inputs: 1 DVI and 2 analog. In the end the resolution is sufficient because the image is very sharp. Brightness is excellent and colors are superb. I currently run it on analog at 60Hz and the image is perfectly still. Surely the loudspeakers are not Hifi, but they are better than on a portable and good enough for sounds and speech.

I bought from Best Options Direct for $708. with shipping, and got it in 3 days. I feel this is an excellent purchase.

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I did not know the monitor came with built in spea ...

Strengths: Can hook up 2 computers to the 2 ports built into the monitor and TOGGLE between computers :) Excellent! Picture is EXCELLENT! Makes my other monitors look broken, a Viewsonic 21PS & Hitachi CM772U.

Weaknesses: Built in Speakers are not worth plugging in. The black colored monitor = the controls on the front can not be read, need a flashlight or a good memory.

Summary: I did not know the monitor came with built in speakers until I openend the box so I don't really care that they are not very good at all.

Hooked up the monitor to 2 of my computers at the same time and on startup worked like a charm on both Win 98 & Win XP

I LUV this monitor - No problems of any kind to date...

Purchased @ Multiwave $ 772.00 - received monitor in 3 days

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